Denmark is pretty flat, as you can see from the shooting range below.

In Part 1 of the TacFlow Academy Large Caliber Rifle Instructors Course, I covered training, safety, and the standards.  Now, in part two, we’ll take a deeper dive into equipment, shooting position, and something called “The Three Ugly Sisters”.  Let’s dive back in and see what information you know or need to know before your next trip to the range.

The one and only Photo Of The Day is back and above you’re looking at a U.S.Marine with the 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division. He participated in the Mission Readiness Exercise (MRX) in the summer of 2019, in Port Royal, VA, United States. His rifle is fully loaded with about everything except a magazine.

The world is hungry for visual storytelling, and TFB’s Photo Of The Day does its best to keep the feed alive and well. Here we have U.S. Marines with the Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). They were engaging floating targets during an aerial snipers exercise in the Philippine Sea earlier in 2022. The exercise focuses on proficiency in engaging targets from an aircraft.

A while back we featured the Australian-based Virtual-Shot training system which uses the existing technology in your cell phone to provide you with a simple and fun training environment right in your own home. Now, Virtual-Shot/Simulation Training Group has updated the Virtual-Shot app with a new five-course Pistol Basics training tutorial instructed by a former Australian Special Forces Commando who teaches advanced pistol and urban combat skills.

Santa Clara, CA played host to the TacFlow Academy’s Large Caliber Rifle Instructors Course.  This strictly LE/MIL instructors course is where sniper teams from around the country come to learn even more about their .338 Lapua Magnum and .50 BMG rifles.  This is no retreat and the course involves running, studying, and shooting during all 50 hours of coursework.  I received an invite to this class from TacFlow’s Director of Sniper Training Mark Lang and had a week to train with SWAT Sniper teams from across the United States.

Each day TFB publishes at least one image from the fascinating world of firearms and, sometimes, from the life of Special Forces. Along with this comes a brief explanation of what’s going on. In today’s Photo Of The Day, we have images from exercise Orion 2022 with one of the coolest off-road buggies I’ve seen in a while. Do you know the make of the vehicle?

As usual, TFB has selected a bunch of pictures for you today. By this time you know it, it’s our Photo Of The Day designed to keep you in a good mood. Get some refreshments from the fridge or the coffee machine, take a break and enjoy a few minutes looking at these U.S. Marines assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force. They’re using their M16A4 Service Rifles at a live-fire range in preparation for Exercise Cold Response. This happened in March 2022, in Bodø, Norway.

When it comes to training for self-defense, there are typically three vital parts to successfully protecting yourself. The biggest step is avoidance at all cost, you win every fight you’re never in so that’s the biggest step to remaining safe. The second step is draw stroke and ultimately if things get bad enough the third is shot placement. Pulling your firearm should be absolutely the last resort but there are occasions when there’s no other choice. We’ve talked a few times about certain drills for shot placement and working on your pistol accuracy under stress. One thing we haven’t really looked at is draw stroke and some tips to give you the upper hand when it comes to a faster draw stroke. Let’s take a closer look at ways to draw faster.

Roy Batty from Blade Runner said: “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain…” ( Source) But have you seen breaching like this? In our Photo Of The Day, we have U.S. Marines with the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces soldier showing how to breach in an urban environment during the Native Fury 20 exercise.

Last year’s ammunition crisis is probably over but we’re still left with its lingering effects. Despite the cost of ammunition, the importance of training and practice still hasn’t changed and that is why many have adopted the use of dry fire training devices like the Mantis X system, or even the Stikeman Laser Firearms training system. These systems can be a great training tool whether you’re at home or traveling and can be a solid supplement to live-fire training exercises. Virtual-Shot is one of the newer training simulation devices on the market and it combines dry fire practice with augmented reality technology through the use of your phone to provide you with a fun method of practice that you can do from the comfort of your home. Today we’ll be reviewing the Virtual-Shot Mobile Shooting Simulation System and its associated mobile application to see how it stacks up against the current lineup of other at-home firearms training devices.

Throughout my life, there’ve been a few things I’ve always wanted to cross off my bucket list. After being cooped up for over a year, I decided early in 2022 that I would travel around the country for various training courses. A friend recently told me about a small training company in the northern part of North Carolina that I had to check out. I hopped in my truck and made my way down to Moyock, NC for quite the weekend. Let’s take a closer look at my experience with Aggressive Defensive Solutions firearms courses.

The hungriest beast of them all on this blog is our Photo Of The Day. It consumes hundreds of images every month, and it has been doing so for over 8 years. Above you can spot an Australian Operator with the 2nd Commando Regiment, Special Operations Command. He participates in an amphibious raid during Balikatan 22 at El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, April 1, 2022 .I don’t know what’s up with his magazine, perhaps the carbine is set up to fire blanks?

Located in Cedar Springs Michigan, Applied Ballistics is a well-known source for great information, education, and real-world training for long-range shooters. Applied Ballistics curates a lot of its own research and data to give long-range shooters the data and information they need to become more effective marksmen. All in all, Applied Ballistics has just about any type of information or service you’d want when it comes to long-range shooting ranging from load development, ballistic testing, and software integration for mobile applications that work with existing ballistic hardware like laser rangefinders and wind measuring devices. Applied Ballistics is now proud to announce a new service called The Science of Accuracy Academy.

Looking for moments when a great photographer meets soldiers and their firearms? Look no further, TFB’s Photo Of The Day articles is where you will find these images on a daily basis. Today you can almost hear the calls from the command tower during the pistol drills of the Combat Pistol Program (CPP).

We have been publishing the Photo Of The Day articles for years. Our focus is on firearms, sometimes a new product, a classic or one in the hands of soldiers or sports shooters. Sometimes the pictures work just like pieces of art, and today is close and far away from another “black gun”. We have the Heckler & Koch UMP 9mm FX in training color. It’s the perfect gun for any Smurf, or if you happen to be deployed with a UMP and want to train as you fight.

There are too many photographs to keep records of, but there can never be too many good ones. Here we try to collect the best ones and share them, under our tag Photo Of The Day. Above you can see 1st Lt. Michael Singer from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), as he executes the stress shoot event at the Annual Best Ranger Competition in Fort Benning, Ga. This happened on April 9th, 2022.

In my search for a few select models of Knight’s Armament rifle suppressors for reviews on TFB’s Silencer Saturday, I have contacted hundreds of FFL/SOT dealers across the United States hoping to get lucky and find one collecting dust on the shelf. I was pleasantly surprised to find that an overwhelming majority of dealers took the time to reply and tell me that I was on a fool’s errand – KAC QDC suppressors are back-ordered for at least a year while they fulfill military contracts. It’s one of the reasons I love the firearms industry and how I came to meet Alex Hague from Victory Range (VRA) and Armory and Evolve Range Solutions.

As usual, we have selected some pictures for you today. By this time you know it, it’s TFB’s Photo Of The Day to keep you in a good mood. Get a coffee, take a break and enjoy a few minutes with these images. Here we have U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Dalton, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center (NGMTC) instructor, as he fires his pistol during the Combat Pistol Excellence-in-Competition match of the 50th Winston P. Wilson and the 30th Armed Forces Skill at Arms Championships. The match was hosted by the NGMTC, at the Robinson Joint Maneuver Training Center, North Little Rock, Ark. on Sept. 2021.

The hungriest beast of them all on this blog is our Photo Of The Day. It consumes hundreds of images every month, and it has been doing so for over 8 years with no intention of stopping. Here we have U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Glomba in a shooting position you don’t see too often. He’s a member of the Marine Corps Action Shooting Team from Newnan, Georgia. He’s preparing to fire during range training practice for the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competitions Championship, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia., April 5, 2022.

Using images to communicate news and stories has shaped the way we view the world and in our Photo Of The Day we get to see all sorts of firearms and soldiers. Here we have soldiers of Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia as they participate in the exercise CRYSTAL ARROW 2021.

We’re always on the scout for the most interesting pictures around. Today’s Photo Of The Day is a real show-off, with pictures posted by the U.S. Special Operations Command Europe. The location is Bulgaria and we’re looking at a U.S. Army Green Beret assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group as they display their capabilities together with Bulgarian Special Forces to Herro Mustafa, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria.

Are you a good skier? Are you a good skier and a good shooter? If not, you will find plenty of inspiration in today’s Photo Of The Day where we have pictures of German Bundeswehr soldiers skiing and shooting. I would advise you to start with a normal rifle or carbine before you start training with your machine gun.

The hungriest beast on this blog is our Photo Of The Day. It consumes hundreds of images every month, and it has been doing so for over 8 years. Today we’re on the subject of firearm safety, a very important subject for anyone who owns or handles firearms.

In our Photo Of The Day we visit the Coast Guard Base in Honolulu to take a closer look at the SIG Sauer P229R DAK pistol in action. DAK stands for Double Action Kellerman and according to Wikipedia, the Kellerman action is “a variant of traditional double-action used on certain SIG Sauer semi-automatic pistols. DAK triggers have a long stroke with 29 N (6.5 lbf) pull. However, if a user shooting under stress short-strokes the trigger by only releasing it halfway, the trigger will reset, but with a 38 N (8.5 lbf) pull. This temporary increased trigger pull is intended to prevent negligent discharges.” ( Source)

Photo Of The Day and we’re reporting from the Republic of Belarus, the Brestsky training ground in fact. The first stage of the international competition Sniper Frontier has started, a competition where teams from 21 countries take part. In the individual standings, the Russian team was the first with the teams of Kyrgyzstan, Venezuela, Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka following.

Former Sparks, Nevada Chief of Police Steve Keefer has taken to heart his role in police survival, even in retirement. He understands the value of training, in particular “reality-based training,” which for many agencies refers to role play with inert munitions. Its effectiveness is lauded in the law enforcement and military realms for facilitating better control over the physiological effects of stress, as well as improved decision-making about use of force.

Photo Of The Day: Last year this blog pumped out one POTD per day, with a few exceptions for public holidays. We intend to continue doing so in 2022, and as you most likely discovered, we already got started. Today we have pictures of Welsh Guards. For more information about the Welsh Guards and their upgraded firearms please check this story Welsh Guards Armoury Upgrade – Heckler & Koch SA80 A3. There are also excellent reference pictures of the SA80 A2 / L85A2 with ELCAN SpecterOS here.

Each day a different image from the world of firearms. We call this POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, and it is our daily article series where we go to great lengths trying to find the most interesting pictures for you out there. Above you have a VSS Vintorez used by Special Forces of the Central Military District, at the Ironiya complex during an exercise near Novosibirsk (Russia).

Photo Of The Day: If you thought the word “Italian” in the title was going to save you from seeing firearms Made in Germany, you were wrong. You’re probably as surprised as me that there are no Beretta ARXs. Here we have the Exercise Goldfinger 2021 where Special Forces, Air Forces and Amphibious Forces of the Navy train in the field of maritime counter-terrorism.